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Are diagnosis specific outcome indicators based on administrative data useful in assessing quality of hospital care?

Scott I, Youlden D, Coory M.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Feb;13(1):32-9.PMID: 14757797 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community factors, hospital characteristics and inter-regional outcome variations following acute myocardial infarction in Canada.

Alter DA, Austin PC, Tu JV; Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team.

Can J Cardiol. 2005 Mar;21(3):247-55.PMID: 15776114 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Analysing low-risk patient populations allows better discrimination between high-performing and low-performing hospitals: a case study using inhospital mortality from acute myocardial infarction.

Coory M, Scott I.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2007 Oct;16(5):324-8.PMID: 17913771 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effects of quality improvement interventions on inhospital mortality after acute myocardial infarction.

Scott IA, Coory MD, Harper CM.

Med J Aust. 2001 Nov 5;175(9):465-70.PMID: 11758074 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes and the quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Luthi JC, Flanders WD, Pitts SR, Burnand B, McClellan WM.

Int J Qual Health Care. 2004 Jun;16(3):201-10.PMID: 15150151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of the present-on-admission indicator on hospital quality measurement: experience with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators.

Glance LG, Osler TM, Mukamel DB, Dick AW.

Med Care. 2008 Feb;46(2):112-9.PMID: 18219238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of a consumer-oriented internet health care report card: the risk of quality ratings based on mortality data.

Krumholz HM, Rathore SS, Chen J, Wang Y, Radford MJ.

JAMA. 2002 Mar 13;287(10):1277-87.PMID: 11886319 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Administrative Data Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment: AFFECT, a cluster randomized trial.

Beck CA, Richard H, Tu JV, Pilote L.

JAMA. 2005 Jul 20;294(3):309-17.PMID: 16030275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Relationship between Medicare's hospital compare performance measures and mortality rates.

Werner RM, Bradlow ET.

JAMA. 2006 Dec 13;296(22):2694-702. Erratum in: JAMA. 2007 Feb 21;297(7):700. PMID: 17164455 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quality improvement efforts and hospital performance: rates of beta-blocker prescription after acute myocardial infarction.

Bradley EH, Herrin J, Mattera JA, Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Frederick P, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM.

Med Care. 2005 Mar;43(3):282-92.PMID: 15725985 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ranking hospitals according to acute myocardial infarction mortality: should transfers be included?

Kosseim M, Mayo NE, Scott S, Hanley JA, Brophy J, Gagnon B, Pilote L.

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Relevance of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators for children's hospitals.

Sedman A, Harris JM 2nd, Schulz K, Schwalenstocker E, Remus D, Scanlon M, Bahl V.

Pediatrics. 2005 Jan;115(1):135-45. Epub 2004 Dec 3.PMID: 15579669 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Efficiency versus quality in the NHS, in Portugal: methodologies for evaluation]

Giraldes Mdo R.

Acta Med Port. 2008 Sep-Oct;21(5):397-410. Epub 2009 Jan 16. Portuguese. PMID: 19187682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The California Hospital Outcomes Project: using administrative data to compare hospital performance.

Romano PS, Zach A, Luft HS, Rainwater J, Remy LL, Campa D.

Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1995 Dec;21(12):668-82.PMID: 8688923 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Accuracy of hospital report cards based on administrative data.

Glance LG, Dick AW, Osler TM, Mukamel DB.

Health Serv Res. 2006 Aug;41(4 Pt 1):1413-37.PMID: 16899015 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hospital outcomes in major teaching, minor teaching, and nonteaching hospitals in New York state.

Polanczyk CA, Lane A, Coburn M, Philbin EF, Dec GW, DiSalvo TG.

Am J Med. 2002 Mar;112(4):255-61.PMID: 11893363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Variation between hospitals in patient outcome after stroke is only partly explained by differences in quality of care: results from the Netherlands Stroke Survey.

Lingsma HF, Dippel DW, Hoeks SE, Steyerberg EW, Franke CL, van Oostenbrugge RJ, de Jong G, Simoons ML, Scholte Op Reimer WJ; Netherlands Stroke Survey investigators.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Aug;79(8):888-94. Epub 2008 Jan 21.PMID: 18208861 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality.

Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM.

JAMA. 2006 Jul 5;296(1):72-8.PMID: 16820549 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals.

Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Cram P, Birkmeyer JD, Ross JS, Normand SL, Krumholz HM.

Circulation. 2007 Nov 13;116(20):2280-7. Epub 2007 Oct 29. Erratum in: Circulation. 2008 Jan 1/8;117(1):e10. PMID: 17967975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do specialty cardiac hospitals have greater adherence to acute myocardial infarction and heart failure process measures? An empirical assessment using Medicare quality measures: quality of care in cardiac specialty hospitals.

Popescu I, Nallamothu BK, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Cram P.

Am Heart J. 2008 Jul;156(1):155-60. Epub 2008 May 27.PMID: 18585511 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles